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Formed over 5,000 years ago, the Curonian Spit is a 98 km long strip between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon. Agelong rivals dominate the Spit: sand, the sea, and forest. Over time, this ding-dong fight highly troubled local inhabitants; however, namely the confrontation of wind-blown sand and vegetation eventually formed the Spit, renowned for its unique beauty of nature and referred to as the Curonian Spit in historical sources (neria curoniensis). The origin of the Spit’s name is linked to the Curonians – a tribe of Western Balts, who lived at the nowadays Latvian seaside, with their settlements spreading as far as to the south, reaching Klaipeda neighborhood. As early as in the Stone Age, human beings found there a land that was suitable for living (4,000 BC). Approximately, at that time, Semba peninsula let amber layer loose under the plough. Thus, since those times, the wonderful mineral became a vital aspect of the Curonian Spit inhabitants’ household and decoration.
Prepared by: Nijole Strakauskaite
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